Re: USF4 changes!
- From: Nicholas Robertson-Muir <nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2014 17:06:46 +0200
Using rational solutions for irrational problems.
I get it. It doesn't work.
Some folks will not fit into a "normal social standard" no matter how hard
you want them too.
It's often something I contemplate when it comes to my Catholic doctrine.
People who commit suicide often have mental/chemical imbalances which push
them over the edge.
Should they all be condemned because of it?
It is something I struggle with.
On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It gets very tricky though. At some point you have to draw the line.
>
> But it's actually a very real problem, even in this country. "Tik" babies
> are known to have serious cognitive defects and don't play well with
> others. I mean that in a very literal sense - they exhibit very aggressive
> behaviour and develop very poor (by our standards) social skills. Chances
> are, even today in our prisons offenders' parents were or are either
> alcoholics or drug addicts, or both. The problem is the correctional
> institution is based on the idea that the people within the system are all
> "normal" individuals. This is one of the reasons it's very hard to
> rehabilitate some prisoners. The methods we use just don't work.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Ryan Williams <ryan820509@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> That's an interesting perspective on it. As members of society, it's
>> natural for us to react to such occurrences negatively without trying to
>> understand the root cause.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> That is a very interesting and profound question that has serious
>>> implications for our legal system.
>>>
>>> I can talk about it at length, but briefly:
>>> - they've discovered that certain (treatable) mental afflictions can
>>> result in violent behaviour
>>> - certain mental afflictions can trigger sexual desires where none
>>> existed before
>>> - diet is correlated with violent behaviour
>>> - certain parasites can control host behaviour
>>>
>>> I'm reminded about the story about Charles Whitman. A few days before
>>> his shooting spree he typed this letter:
>>>
>>> I don't quite understand what it is that compels me to type this
>>>> letter.... I don't really understand myself these days... Lately I have
>>>> been a victim of many unusual and irrational thoughts. These thoughts
>>>> constantly recur, and it requires a tremendous mental effort to
>>>> concentrate. I consulted Dr. Cochrum at the University Health Center and
>>>> asked him to recommend someone that I could consult with about some
>>>> psychiatric disorders I felt I had.... I talked to a doctor once for about
>>>> two hours and tried to convey to him my fears that I felt overcome by
>>>> overwhelming violent impulses. After one session I never saw the Doctor
>>>> again, and since then I have been fighting my mental turmoil alone, and
>>>> seemingly to no avail. After my death I wish that an autopsy would be
>>>> performed to see if there is any visible physical disorder. I have had
>>>> tremendous headaches in the past and have consumed two large bottles of
>>>> Excedrin in the past three months.
>>>>
>>> http://brainmind.com/Amygdala44.html
>>>
>>> After his autopsy the discovered a tumour that was pressing against his
>>> amygdala.
>>>
>>> Then there's stuff like this:
>>>
>>>> The sudden and uncontrollable paedophilia exhibited by a 40-year-old
>>>> man was caused by an egg-sized brain tumour, his doctors have told a
>>>> scientific conference. And once the tumour had been removed, his
>>>> sex-obsession disappeared.
>>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2943-brain-tumour-causes-uncontrollable-paedophilia.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Nicholas Robertson-Muir <
>>> nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ja, sad bru.
>>>>
>>>> It would be interesting to see what makes a criminal mind go from just
>>>> fantasy to reality.
>>>> Then there could be some way to prevent it.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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